James E. Risch

Republican U.S. Senate · ID · cycle 2020 · data as of 2026-11-02 · 2026 races in ID

96.4%

Direct-contributionshare

Aggregate-only · no individual donor names on the card

What the money says

Plain language · cited

Raised $2,937,293 in the 2020 cycle. FEC ↗ Placed at approximately the 0th percentile among other U.S. Senate members this cycle.

24.2% of individual money came from small-dollar donors under $200. PACs supplied 41.5% of contributions. FEC ↗

Direct contributions — individuals, PACs, and party — make up 96.4% of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans); the rest is transfers from other committees and other receipts, also disclosed. FEC ↗

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PACs supplied 41.5% of contributions here — among the more PAC-funded campaigns in the U.S. Senate.

Funding profile

Unweighted · never a blended score

Small-donor (grassroots) share24.2%

From the unitemized (sub-$200) total, which reconciles exactly against FEC's individual-contribution figure. Small gifts that ActBlue/WinRed itemize aren't counted here — see the size-based measure below.

Small-dollar by transaction size26.1%

Share of itemized + unitemized contributions received in individual transactions under $200 (FEC schedule_a/by_size), counting each gift by its own amount — so it captures small repeat donors the unitemized field hides. Its denominator is raw itemized receipts, so it reads conservatively.

PAC share of contributions41.5%

Committee & JFC transfer share2.6%

Share of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans) that arrived as transfers from joint-fundraising and other authorized committees rather than direct contributions — reported in the sending committees’ filings, never undisclosed “dark” money. This bar is the transfer component only, not the whole non-direct remainder — a determined 0% means no transfer receipts (other complement receipts such as offsets may still exist); “—” means no external receipts to decompose.

In-state contributor share13.2%

Share of itemized individual dollars from in-state donors — unitemized (<$200) contributions have no state breakdown.

Top-20 donor concentration9.3%

Share from the 20 largest individual donors this 2-year period, by exact name — a neutral concentration measure, approximate (recurring small-dollar donors may be undercounted), not a score.

How the money splits

Exact, from FEC aggregates

Individual contributions

Small-dollar (<$200) vs. larger itemized giving

24.2%

75.8%

Small-dollar under $200Itemized $200+

All contributions

Individuals vs. political action committees

58.5%

41.5%

IndividualsPACs

Funding mix & position over time

Across every election cycle on record

Small-dollar share down from 43.3% (2008) to 6.7% (2026) A cycle with too little reported money to trust any ratio is left out entirely; a cycle where one specific figure can't be computed (e.g. an all-itemizing committee has no small-dollar figure to read) is left out of just that line.

Small-dollar share

2008 43.3%2010 62.8%2012 15.7%2014 33%2016 3%2018 0.1%2020 24.2%2022 20.1%2024 13.5%2026 6.7%

Direct-contribution share

2008 97.6%2010 82.4%2012 99.9%2014 94.6%2016 90%2018 90.6%2020 96.4%2022 72.2%2024 83.9%2026 90.7%

PAC share of contributions

2008 28.1%2010 42%2012 38.5%2014 45.5%2016 50.2%2018 45.8%2020 41.5%2022 46.3%2024 41.5%2026 30.1%

Cash on hand

2008 $22K2010 $32K2012 $232K2014 $1.1M2016 $1.1M2018 $1.1M2020 $2.2M2022 $2.2M2024 $2.4M2026 $3.5M

Committee assignments

congress-legislators (CC0)

Current committee and subcommittee seats, from the public congressional record. Listed independently of the funding figures on this page — a committee seat is not evidence of why any contribution was made.

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Majority

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy

Majority

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

Majority

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and Power

Majority

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Chairman

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Majority

Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Majority

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Majority

United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

Majority

Sector / industry breakdown

Itemized individual donors · by employer/occupation

Employer/occupation reported on itemized ($200+) individual contributions, grouped into broad sectors. Sectors with fewer than 5 distinct donors are folded into "All other (suppressed)" so no small group can be traced to one donor. Based on this committee's largest itemized contributions (a bounded sample, not the complete donor list) — sector totals are approximate and won't sum to the full itemized total.

unclassified

$592K · 47.8% of itemized

Retired / not employed

$236K · 19.1% of itemized

Finance / insurance

$146K · 11.8% of itemized

Healthcare

$60K · 4.8% of itemized

Legal

$46K · 3.7% of itemized

Real estate

$42K · 3.4% of itemized

Self-employed

$35K · 2.8% of itemized

Energy

$14K · 1.1% of itemized

Government

$10K · 0.8% of itemized

Technology

$9K · 0.7% of itemized

Agriculture

$7K · 0.6% of itemized

All other (suppressed)

$4K · 0.3% of itemized

Affiliated committees

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Separate FEC-registered committees linked to this member — leadership-PAC or joint-fundraising vehicles. Each reports its own money in its own filing; those dollars are not part of the receipts above and are never added to them. The link is the FEC candidate–committee association and does not imply the member controls or personally receives these funds.

2019 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE FEC ↗

raised $1.3M · 2020

SAVE AMERICA PAC II FEC ↗

raised $9K · 2020

Outside spending

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Outside groups reported $3K in independent expenditures naming this candidate this cycle: $1K supporting, $2K opposing (FEC Schedule E). These are filed by the groups themselves, not this candidate's committee, and are not part of the receipts above. FEC ↗

EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND FEC ↗

$862 opposing

VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUE FEC ↗

$760 opposing

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND FEC ↗

$720 supporting

HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF) FEC ↗

$507 supporting

CONSERVATIVES OF FEC ↗

$150 supporting

Individual-donor detail

Held for the deep-table phase. v1 shows aggregate figures only — by design, not by omission.

NameCity / StateEmployerOccupationAmountDateStreet addressPhone

Statutory notice. When individual detail ships, street address and phone are never shown, and the data may not be used to solicit contributions or for any commercial purpose (52 U.S.C. §30111(a)(4)). Named individuals appear only here in the deep table — never on a shareable card — each with a match-confidence indicator.